Letters to the Editor, May 18

Nothing like the parking shortage in San Francisco to fill the mailbag: A reader suggests the answer to meters that expire too quickly is smart meters — you feed them with your smart phone while you’re having lunch or waiting in line.

Also, a reader offers that a GPS device might have helped in the tragic case of the autistic child whose body was found in a creek.

And, in the story of Angelina Jolie and breast cancer, a reader suggests that secondhand smoke should be part of the narrative.

Oyster farming and the wilderness don’t need to be mutually exclusive at Point Reyes, says one reader.

And after Gov. Jerry Brown complained about the size of UC presidents’ salaries, a reader says the real problem is lack of support of public education, not salaries.

A finally, a reader says sports are dangerous, but that’s no reason to cancel the America’s Cup.

You can read the full versions of these opinions here. And surely you have your own opinions about these topics and many other subjects. We’d love to see them — and put them in the paper as Letters to the Editor.